DRUG-INDUCED DNA-REPAIR - X-RAY STRUCTURE OF A DNA-DITERCALINIUM COMPLEX

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GAO, Q [1 ]
WILLIAMS, LD [1 ]
EGLI, M [1 ]
RABINOVICH, D [1 ]
CHEN, SL [1 ]
QUIGLEY, GJ [1 ]
RICH, A [1 ]
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[1] CUNY HUNTER COLL,NEW YORK,NY 10021
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10.1073/pnas.88.6.2422
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Ditercalinium is a synthetic anticancer drug that binds to DNA by bis-intercalation and activates DNA repair processes. In prokaryotes, noncovalent DNA-ditercalinium complexes are incorrectly recognized by the uvrABC repair system as covalent lesions on DNA. In eukaryotes, mitochondrial DNA is degraded by excess and futile DNA repair. Using x-ray crystallography, we have determined, to 1.7 angstrom resolution, the three-dimensional structure of a complex of ditercalinium bound to the double-stranded DNA fragment [d(CGCG)]2. The DNA in the complex with ditercalinium is kinked (by 15-degrees) and severely unwound (by 36-degrees) with exceptionally wide major and minor grooves. Recognition of the DNA-ditercalinium complex by uvrABC in prokaryotes, and by mitochondrial DNA repair systems in eukaryotes, might be related to drug-induced distortion of the DNA helix.
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